Can I get an honest assessment of my GPA?

Yes this is overdone and yes I am a nervous undergrad seeking validation. But to be fair, the most recent (substantive) posts on this subject are already several years old so here goes:

I currently have a 3.48 at a HYP school. I'm a sophomore and I'm trying hard to push this above the 3.5 line this semester before I recruit in the Spring. I'm studying purely economics with a humanities second major so nothing crazy, but I struggled a lot in my first year for various reasons -i.e. zoom, not caring enough about grades, etc etc. 

Can I get an honest assessment from someone who has been through it on what I'm looking at in terms of interview offers etc?

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GPA is only one part. So instead of being a 10/10 here you are at like a 7/10. Push it up if you can, but just do your best on everything else.

Anyone would rather have a 3.5 GPA interesting and sharp candidate over a 3.9 weirdo any day.

 
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